Pain Relief and Management

Pain be it acute or chronic can be a terrible thing in life. It reduces the quality of life.
Indeed, we have seen all sorts of pain some of which can lead any person to contemplate suicide because only death can bring about the needed relief.  Please refer to chapter on Prevention of suicide.

We can be very effective with pain management without resorting to drugs like pain killers or morphine. We do not camouflage the symptoms. When pain is excruciatingly painful, morphine is often used by doctors and the hospitals. Morphine is very powerful; it can help a person with unbearable pain get almost instant relief. But of course, we do know that morphine is used only as an absolute last resort. But one ought to be aware that morphine also has an enormous amount of side effects like slowing your heart beat down; besides it can dull the brain. Plus morphine is highly addictive.

Whenever there is pain, there is invariably an inflammatory process. Mega dosage of fish oil, turmeric and our Protease IFC are extremely effectively in pain management. Having said that, we strive to find out what causes the pain in the first instance.

Our Therapies for pain management
Indeed at Beyond Medicine, pain management is a simple process, straightforward and highly effective. It does not have to be complicated and there are no pain killers of any sorts to take. Depending on the nature of the pain and what causes it, our modalities would include the use of acupuncture, heat treatment, electro muscle stimulation or electro massage. If there is a trapped nerve in the spine, manipulative therapy is routinely used to free the trapped nerve.  The neck and the spine are often manipulated to release the tension and to enhance blood flow. Instant relief is often felt after the first session.

Supplements as a front line attack
Therapies are good at providing the patient with instant relief.  But therapies alone do not provide a total cure; very often the pain comes back within days. The use of certain types of nutritional supplements may provide a long term cure.

Without delving into the history and the need, the following supplements are routinely used as a front line attack and may together without therapies long term relief and a possible cure.

Fish Oil
High dosages of good grade fish oil is anti-inflammatory: Whenever there is pain, there is invariably an inflammatory process. Fish oil is not only anti-inflammatory has but other health benefits. At high dosage, it lubricates the tissues and joints. The fish oil that we carry is Eskimo 3.

Alpha Lipoic Acid
 Alpha lipoic acid serves as a powerful antioxidant and modulates cholesterol, blood pressure and helps with congestive heart problems.

MSM
 This is critical sulphur required for proper repair of injured cartilage, ligaments and tendons. Reports show that strategic uses of MSM increase the therapeutic efficiency of glucosamine because of the presence of sulphur.

Turmeric This is one of the oldest anti-inflammatory and pain relievers known to mankind.

Protease IFC
 This is an enzyme which we carry. As the name suggests, IFC stands for inflammatory control.